Category Archives: Cats

Since we’re on about ships and cats, I finally got my e-mail problems sorted and contacted the HMS Cossack Association. You may remember HMS Cossack from my posts here , here and here as figuring prominently in the story of a cat named … Continue reading →

April 14th and 15th mark the 100th anniversary of RMS Titanic striking an iceberg and sinking in the north Atlantic. Since then Titanic has featured in hundreds of books, scores of movies, and dozens of websites. Rather than rehash topics … Continue reading →

Cyra, our oldest cat and beloved pet is gone. She had been ill for a while, battling cancer, when last week we had to make the difficult decision to end her suffering. We had no choice. Cyra was born around … Continue reading →

It’s always a sad and traumatic moment when a much loved pet passes away, but occasionally it involves a specific and particular poignancy. Such was the case with cats such as Socks, Oscar and now Ketzel. Aside from being a … Continue reading →

If you can, then you can help feed shelter pets. The good people at Halo, makers of high quality pet foods, are teaming with the fine folks at Freekibble (freekibble.com and freekibblekat.com) to provide food to animal shelters across the … Continue reading →

At 2:20 am. With her went one barrel of earth (probably, but not certainly, fuller’s earth), 88 cases of books, 35 bundles of rough wood (!?), hundreds of cheeses and 1501 lives. Or 1490, 1502, 1517, or any number within … Continue reading →

Loki was asked to comment on Obama’s appeasement of the right concerning budget cuts. Mr. Addacat, you have the floor. All opinions expressed herein are strictly Loki Beaker Addacat’s, and do not express the opinions or attitudes of the management. … Continue reading →